Unbelievable tyres. In fact I literally mean that. They’ve somehow combined dry grip of track tyres with magical wet grip that’s just as good! I think because they use different compounds for the centre and edges of the tyre. Which leads on to how they last so long. I did about 6000 miles on them and they only seemed half done when I sold my bike. This included on the autobahn and a mixture of country roads. Never had a flat centre on the tyre. And never slipped on the edge at all
160/55 R17 Tyres
Everything we know about the 160/55 R17 tyre size: 2 owner reviews covering 9,000 miles of driving, and EU label data for the tyres you can actually buy in it.
- 2owner reviews
- 9,000 milescovered on them
What does 160/55 R17 mean?
A 160/55 R17 tyre is 160 mm wide, its sidewall is 55% of that width (88 mm) tall, and it fits a 17 inch wheel. That gives an overall diameter of roughly 608 mm.
| Section width | 160 mm |
|---|---|
| Sidewall height | 88 mm |
| Rim diameter | 17" (432 mm) |
| Overall diameter | ≈ 608 mm |
| Circumference | ≈ 1,909 mm |
| Revolutions per km | ≈ 524 |
| Revolutions per mile | ≈ 843 |
Also written as
160/55R17 160/55 ZR17 160-55-17 160 55 17
Figures are calculated from the nominal size. A loaded, rolling tyre runs a few percent smaller, and true widths vary slightly between makes.
What cars use 160/55 R17 tyres?
The cars most often running this size in our owner reviews. Each links to the best rated tyres for that exact car.
What drivers say about their 160/55 R17 tyres
The most recent owner reviews fitted in this size, in their own words.
I am really pleased with these Battlax overall performance. They are probably the perfect match to my riding style. My Suzuki SV650 is already light and fast to fall into the curves, so I was looking for a predictable and progressive tyre behaviour, yet able to sustain a good pace in mountain roads. The shape itself is really reassuring. These tyres provide plenty of confidence to the driver and also cope really well with not perfect roads or wet. They reach a good temperature quite quickly, although they wear a bit too much if you keep a very fast pace or do a lot of highway. Anyway I would recommend them for fantastic value for money.
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Where this data comes from
Owner ratings are submitted through the review form on this site, naming the tyre, the size and the distance covered, and are checked by hand before publication. Test results come from independent published tyre tests indexed by size, and label values from the EU EPREL database.
About the TR Score
The Tyre Reviews Score rates each tyre out of 10 using independent test results and the full body of owner reviews, so you can check a car-specific ranking against the wider evidence.
Who does the testing
Every test published as a Tyre Reviews test is run by Jonathan Benson, who has been testing tyres independently since 2007.